—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, iuly 14,1979
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Deboned meat
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one required by law that
states in letters that are at
least one half the size of the
product name, just what
percentage of powdered
bone is in that product. As
such, Knit related, the
product is not very popular
with consumers.
The problem has its
foundations in 1976, when
Carol Tucker Foreman, then
executive director of the
Consumer Federation of
Amenca, led her group in a
suit to block the use of MDM
It was banned in Sep
tember of that year.
The USDA convened a
panel of government
scientists which examined
all the health and safety
aspects of the DMD in the
diet. They could find no
reason to ban the product.
The issue went back to the
USDA for a re-evaluation.
By then, Ms. Foreman had
been appointed Assisant
Secretary of Agriculture.
When the matter came up
for re-evaluation, she ap
proved regulations requiring
that it be called “tissue from
ground bone”.
By June, 1978, public
hearings had been held at
which MDM’s health and
safety had been confirmed
by other scientists. The
USDA then issued standards
for the use of the product,
and the name was changed
from “tissue from ground
bone” to “Mechanically
Processed (species such as
beef or pork) Contains Up to
Percent Powdered
Bone”.
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The new description, Krut
noted, was better, but still
unappetizing. Nobody in the
meat industry “in their right
mind”, he added, would buy
mechanically debonmg meat
equipment as it stands
now, for there is no market
forthepioduct.
This means, he explained,
that in a 1000 pound steer,
there would be about 400 and
some pounds of table cuts.
Plus about seven to 13
pounds per beef carcass that
could be saved through
mechanical debonmg.
“The market value of the
steer would reflect this
potential,” he added. “That
meat wouldn’t have the
same price value as steak,
but it would add value to the
carcass.”
It would also serve to
reduce the spread in price
between the farmer and the
consumer, he reasoned.
More beef would be sold, he
thought, and lower beef
prices would be possible.
The AAMP has two aims m
the MDM issue nght now.
organization believes that USDA seeking comments on
the label on MDM should be ”
dropped. The ingredients list • 11 1 1 1 1
carry Te mechanically deboned poultry
calcium content.
Also, due to the fact that
Carol Tucker Foreman was
mvolved in the MDM issue
before she became assistant
secretary of agriculture, the
AAMP believes that she
should step down from the
decisionmaking process on
the issue of mechanically
deboned meat.
Right now, there is a
citizens’ petition to alter
labeling requirements for
mechanically processed
meat products in the USD A.
Knit suggests that anyone
concerned should write to
their Congressman, asking
them to forward the letter to
the USDA. Or one can write
to the Honorable Carol
Tucker Foreman, Assistant
Secretary for Food and
Consumer Service, U.S.
Dept of Agriculture, 201-A
Administration Building,
Washington, D.C. 20250.
“The consumer was never
really asked about this
matter,” Krut commented.
“He was just told that he
didn’t like it.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
U.S. Department of
Agriculture has released a
new study, “Health and
Safety Aspects of the Use of
Mechanically Deboned
Poultry,” which details the
latest scientific information
and reevaluates this
mechanically-processed pr
oduct.
The department is en
couraging consumers, the
industry, the scientific
community and other in
terested groups to comment
on the report and its
recommendations, as well as
on appropriate labeling of
products composed part - ally
or entirely of mechanically
deboned poultry.
MDP results from the
mechamcal separation of
poultry meat from bone. It
was first approved by the
department in 1968,
following a study by the
National Academy of
Science which found it safe
for us. MDP is presently
used in such items as poultry
rolls, turkey frankfurters
and chicken bologna.
Current poultry inspection
regulations restrict
mechanically deboned
poultry to a one per cent
limit on bone content but do
not require specific labeling
identification as is now
required for mechanically
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processed red meat
products MDP is listed in a
product’s ingredient
statement by the type of
poultry, such as chicken or
turkey
Mechanically processed
red meat products were
approved for use m July 1978
after they were evaluated by
an interagency panel of
scientists. The panel’s report
formed the basis not only for
acceptance of the products,
but also for limitations on
their use and labeling
requirements.
The same panel, along
with other experts, was used
to reevaluate MDP They
studied 18 substances in
MDP, most of which they
found presented no problem.
However, they recom
mended these changes
Limit the use of MDP
made from mature fowl to 20
percent of the meat or
poultry portion of a produce
and prohibit its use in
strained, junior and toddler
foods. Tins recommendation
stemmed from concern
about fluoride content in
mature fowl such as spent
laying hens No fluoride
problem was found in MDP
made from young chicken or
turkey and no limit on its use
is recommended.
Eliminate use of kidneys
from mature chicken in
faster harvests.
MDP. This would avert a
problem of cadmium in
MDP which could he a health
risk for infants and children
Require that labeling show
the presence of MDP so that
its cholesterol and calcium
content, which are higher
than for hand-deboned
poultry, could be recognized
by those on medically
restricted diets.
Restrict total fat content of
MDP within the limits of
good manufacturing
practices
Consider minimum
protein level or maximum
moisture-protein ratios (a
means of measuring protein
content) for MDP The
studies showed that total
protein was lower and
moisture-protein ratios were
higher in MDP than in hand
deboned poultry
Regulations to assure that
all poultry products are
wholesome, unadulterated
and truthfully labeled are
issued by the department’s
Food Safety and Quality
Service as required under
terms of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act
An announcement on the
availability of the study and
the department’s request for
comments appeared in the
June 29 Federal Register.
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